Horseshoe-nail clincher



(No Model.)

` o. sEEL-IGBR. HORSESEGB NAIL GLINGHBR.

Patented Jan. 2, 1894.

WIT

UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

OSWALD SEELIGR, OF LOCKHART, TEXAS.

HORSESHOE-NAIL CLINCHER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 512,228, dated January2, 1894.

- Application filed February 27,1893. Serial Nol 4613.842. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, OsvvALD SEELIGEE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Lockhart,in the county of Caldwell and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices forClinching Horseshoe-Nails; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, which forms apart of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in clinchers for clinchinghorseshoe nails, the object being to provide a novel construction of thesame by which I obtain superior advantages with respect to simplicityand efflciency in operation.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing: the figure represents a perspective view ofa clincher constructed in accordance with my invention.

In the said drawing the reference numeral 1 designates a limb having ajaw 2, formed or provided with serrations or teeth 3. Secured to limb 1are two upwardly extending plates 12, to which is pivoted a curved jaw5, having teeth or serrations 6, and formed with a short beveledextension 7. Also secured to said limb are two upwardly projectingplates 13, at a point intermediate of its jaw and the opposite end, towhich plates is pivoted a lever 8, the short arm 9, of which is beveledand engages with the beveled extensionpf the jaw f sition after havingbeen actuated by the lever 8.

The operation will be readily understood. In practice after the shoe hasbeen iitted to a horses hoof and the nail driven in, in the ordinarymanner, the jaw 2 of thelimb is placed upon the head of the nail, theteeth therein preventing it from slipping, while the curved jaw isbrought up and engaged with the point of the nail. By now pressing uponthe lever 8, its beveled end will engage with the beveled extension ofthe jaw 2, causing the latter to be actuated and the point of the nailflattened down.

From the above it will be seen that a very simple and efficient deviceis produced by which a horseshoe nail may be clinched and flattened in avery rapid and eflicient manner, and by its peculiar construction, butcomparatively little power is required to manipulate the same.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- A horse-shoenail-clincher, combining in its structure, the limb with a serrated jawand a handle, the curved jaw provided with teeth or serrations on itsconvex side and havinga beveled extension, the upwardly extending platessecured to said limb, the lever pivoted to the intermediate upwardly'projecting plates secured to said limb, having its short arm beveled andengaging with said extension, and the spring consisting of a fiat metalplate secured to said limb and having its outer end bent upwardly so asto engage with the curved jaw, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

OSWALD SEELIGER.

Witnesses:

S. H. HENDERSON, S. S. MoDoWELL.

